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Basking shark sightings 'very poor' over last three years

Manx Basking Shark Watch encourages people to spot the species

The number of basking sharks spotted off the Island's coast has been extremely low for the past three years.

That's according to Jackie Hall, the coordinator at Manx Basking Shark Watch.

Research the group has done since 2005, suggests there are as many as 400 individual sharks that visit the Island's shores.

Jackie spoke to Manx Radio's Alex Wotton:

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